Device for maintaining closures in opened or closed position



Jan.

14, 1930. E. BRISTOL 1,743,654

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Patented Jan. 14, 1930 ELSWORTI-I M. BRISTOL, or OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA DEVICE FOR MAI NTAINING CLOSURES IN OPENED OR CLOSED POSITION Application filed March 12, 1928. Serial No. 260,886.

' This invention relates to hardware and particularly pertains to fixtures adapted to be fitted to doorsor similar closures to latch them in either opened or closed position.

It is the principal object of the presentinvention to generally improve and simplify devices of the character referred towhereby to provide a simple and inexpensive-fixture capable of effectively latching a door or similar closure in either opened or closed position.

In carrying out this object into practice I provide a lever pivoted to the door frame and connected to the door in a manner normally permitting relative movement between the door and lever. This relative movement is necessary to operate the door as the door and lever swing about differently located pivotal points. To latch the door in either opened or closed positionI provide a pair of latches adapted to prevent relativemovement between the door and lever when the door is in either opened or closed position. By preventing relative movement between the door and lever the door is effectively latched against movement.

One form which the invention may assume is exemplified in the following description and illustrated by way of example in the ac companying drawings, in which: v

Fig. 1 is a view in plan section through a door showing a fixture embodying the preferred form of my invention connected there- I with with the door latched in closed position.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my improved fixture as attached to a door and shown with the door latched in open position.

Fig. 3 is a similar view with latched in closed position.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the bracket which is used to connect the fixture to the door frame.

Referring more particularly to the accompanying drawings, 10 indicates an opening surrounded by a door frame 11 including the the door usual jamb 12. Mounted within the frame is a pair of doors 14 which are hinged to opposite sides of the frame so that they may open outwardly as indicated by the arrows in Fig. 1. r

The present application is particularly concerned with fixtures such as indicated by the numeral 15 which are capable of maintaining the doors in either opened or closed position. One fixture 15 is provided for each door and is located on the interior side of the door as illustrated. Although in the present instance I have disclosed the fixtures as applied to a pair of garage doors, I am aware that they can be used in connection with various other types of closures and I do not limit myself to the use herein specified. v a

Each fixture 15 includes a bracket' 16 secured to the door jamb contiguous to the door and which is formed with a horizontally disposed lug v 17 projecting therefrom. The fixture may be located at any desired point vertically of the door but I prefer that it be located substantially centrally thereof. A flat horizontally disposed lever 18 is pivotally connected at its inner end to the lug 17 of the bracket 16. This lever 18 lies substantially parallel to the interior face of the door as illustrated and it is formed with a longitudinal slot 19. This slot 19 extends from a point short of the outer end of the lever to a point short of its inner end and is engaged by a vertical pin 20 carried by a bracket 21 which is suit-ably secured to the interiorsurface of the door.

The connection described between the lever 18 and the door permits the door under normal condition to be swung to either opened or closed position. When thedoor is swung on its hinges, the lever and door swing inunison but through different arcs due to the fact that the door .and leverpivot about differently lo: cated pivotal points. Therefore, when the door swings on its hinges the pin 20 must travel in the slot 19 to accommodate the difference in arcs through which the door and lever 18 swing. V p y i Tolatch the door in either opened or closed position I provide latches on the door to latch the lever to the door to prevent relative movement between the door and lever. By preventing relative movement between the door and lever, the door will be effectively latched.

lThe latchfor holding the door in opened position is indicated by the numeral 22 and 100 comprises a bearing member 23 suitably secured to the door just above the lever. A keeper member 24 is pivoted to the bearing 23 for vertical swinging movement. This keeper is adapted to engage the outer edge of the lever when the door is swung to open position and is adapted to prevent, relative movementbetweenthedoor and leven When it is desired to release the door, the keeper 24 is swung upwardly about its pivotal point to release the lever and-thedo-or may-then be 25 effectively latches thedoor closed;

The construction shown in the drawings permits the door to beopened ninety degrees butifit is desiredtohave the door opened further than this it is only necessary to 39 change the point of pivotal connection between the-lever 18 and theluglf. For this purpose the lug 17 is provided with. two spacedopenings 29-Vadaptedtoreceive a pivot pinwso that the lever 18, may be connectedto 5; one of two differently locatedpointson the lug, 17.

In operation of the device it isconstructed as illustrated inthe drawings and assembled: on a doorand frame- -When the door isin closed position the latch25 may, be operated.

to engage the outer end of the lever18 and secure the door in closed position. When it. is desired to open the door, the latch 25.- is released and the door is swung to its open,

position. When it reaches its-open position the keeper 24of the latch 22 will engage the outer edgeof the lever 1'8and latchthe. door in opened position- This latch may be res leased by merely disengaging the. keeper 24} I from the lever.

From theforegoing it isobvious that I have provideda simple and eflicient fixture of inexpensive manufacture for maintaining closures in opened'or closed'position.

While Ihave shown-the preferred, forni' of my invention, it is to be understood that various changes may be'made in its construction by those skillediin the, art. without departing.

from the spirit ofthe inventionasldefined in the appended claims.

Having; thusdescribed my. lflYBIltlQH, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Pan ent is: p

1;. In combination: with. an out ard y swinging door and itsifram'e a horizontally the door and lever and thus, latch the, door in closed position, and a second pivotal keeper carried by the. door and capable of detachable engagement with the lever when the door is 1 in: opened position to? prevent relative movem nt b t e 'the oor and-lever an r y latch the, door in openedposition.v v

In comb n tion w h a swi ging doorand its frame, a fixtureadapted to hold a; door in either open or closed position, said fixture comprising abracket secured, to the door framecontiguousto the bin ed edge of the door andhaving an outward y disposed lug, a fiat horizontally disposed lever lying. with itsplane, surface at'right angles to the surfaceof thedoor and pivotally connected at one endvto. the lug,.said lever having a longitudinalslot therein, said lever lying'substaa ti'ally parallel tothe interior face ofthe door, a. bracket secured to the door and having a vertical pin slidably and rotatably engag ng said. slot whereby the door may normally swing with the pin travelling in said slot to cc mod tethe di er nt swinging a cs of the lever and door, a vertically pivotal keeper secured to the door intermediate the twobrackets and capable of detachably' engaging helever wh n he d is in op p sition'to latch the lever to the door and thus prevent relative movement between the same andlhold the door in open position, a second keeper pivoted to the door horizontal swinging movement, said keeper being adapted to be swung to' a, position engaging the end of the lever when the door is in closed position to prevent relative movement between the door and lever andIthus maintainsthe door in closed position.

' ELSWORTH. M. BRISTOL. 

